The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank - 47 -
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - 0.448% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.476% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £310 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £30.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.51 £30.25 £28.75
% change year-on-year
+20.69% +5.21%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
283 420 282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 91.00% 94.17% 97.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 213 150
Average daily rate £350 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £160 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 82 45
Average hourly rate £38.38 £33.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.28% +59.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £48.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Programmer
Cambridgeshire

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Programmer across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Programmer across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Programmer across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Programmer Hourly Rate Trend
Hinxton, near Cambridge, UK
You must have basic experience of working in a UNIX/Linux environment and proficiency in one or more web technologies (Drupal, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, Servlets, REST/Solr). Experience...
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Rate: Competitive
Posted: 11 June 2013